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2021-2022 PMC Indigenous Literature Awards announced

First Nation Communities READ announced the selected titles for the 2021-2022 PMC Indigenous Literature Award for children’s and young adult/adult books. Children’s It’s a Mitig! by Bridget George, published by Douglas and McIntyre. Bridget George ... Read More »

September 24, 2021

Distribution change: Brick Books

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Effective January 1, 2022, Brick Books will be distributed in Canada by University of Toronto Press Distribution. It was previously ... Read More »

September 23, 2021

Adam Dickinson, Valzhyna Mort, and Claudia Rankine named 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize judges

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The judges for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize were announced by The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry. They are Adam Dickinson (Canada), Valzhyna Mort (Belarus) – winner of the 2021 International Griffin Poetry Prize, ... Read More »

September 21, 2021

Rights Deals: Tanya Talaga, Uzma Jalaluddin + 2 more

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HarperCollins Canada has acquired world rights in all languages to three books from award-winning author and journalist Tanya Talaga. The first of the nonfiction titles is described as focusing on residential schools, exploring why the ... Read More »

August 12, 2021

Rights Deals: Lisa Bird-Wilson and Carmen Aguirre

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Knopf Canada’s publisher Martha Kanya-Forstner has acquired Canadian English rights to Lisa Bird-Wilson’s Magpie Dreams. The memoir is described as an investigation of her history as an Indigenous child adopted by non-Indigenous parents. Publication is ... Read More »

August 9, 2021

Rights Deals: Michie Mee, Lana Shupe, and Marla Lesage + 2 more

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Random House Canada’s Sue Kuruvilla has acquired world rights to the yet untitled memoir from Canadian music legend and hip-hop pioneer Michie Mee. The memoir is described as looking at Michie’s life and career, from ... Read More »

August 5, 2021

Rights Deals: Larissa Lai, Scott Chantler + 2 more

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Arsenal Pulp Press publisher Brian Lam has acquired world rights to Larissa Lai’s The Lost Century. The novel is a follow-up to the Lambda Literary Award-winning The Tiger Flu, set in Hong Kong in the 1930s ... Read More »

August 4, 2021

Distribution change: Page Street Publishing

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Effective August 1, 2021, Page Street Publishing will be distributed in Canada by University of Toronto Press ... Read More »

July 30, 2021

Distribution change: teNeues Publishing Group

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Effective immediately, Fitzhenry & Whiteside is no longer the distributor ... Read More »

July 7, 2021

A Press from Scratch: How Hush Harbour makes caring for ourselves and our associates our top priority

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Many publishing houses in this country were built on intergenerational wealth or Canadiana rhetoric; both perpetuate a narrative of a nationstate on stolen land. The founders then find successors to continue that legacy. Our Black ... Read More »

June 14, 2021

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2021-2022 PMC Indigenous Literature Awards announced

Distribution change: Brick Books

Adam Dickinson, Valzhyna Mort, and Claudia Rankine named 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize judges

Rights Deals: Tanya Talaga, Uzma Jalaluddin + 2 more

Rights Deals: Lisa Bird-Wilson and Carmen Aguirre

Rights Deals: Michie Mee, Lana Shupe, and Marla Lesage + 2 more

Rights Deals: Larissa Lai, Scott Chantler + 2 more

Distribution change: Page Street Publishing

Distribution change: teNeues Publishing Group

A Press from Scratch: How Hush Harbour makes caring for ourselves and our associates our top priority

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